unittests/setup/watir-unittest.rb in commonwatir-1.8.0.rc1 vs unittests/setup/watir-unittest.rb in commonwatir-1.8.0

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
   def uses_page page # only works with IE
     new_url = self.class.html_root + page
     browser.goto new_url unless browser.url == new_url
   end
   def browser
-    $browser
+    return $browser if $browser && $browser.exists?
+    $browser = Watir::Browser.new
   end
 
   def assert_class element, klass
     assert_match(Regexp.new(klass, Regexp::IGNORECASE), element.class.to_s, "element class should be #{klass}; got #{element.class}")
   end